sTORI Telling | 
| Author: Tori Spelling Publisher: Simon Spotlight Category: Book
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Rating: 385 reviews Sales Rank: 5567
Media: Hardcover Edition: 1st Simon Spotlight Entertainment Hardcover Ed Pages: 288 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 1416950737 Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092 EAN: 9781416950738 ASIN: 1416950737
Publication Date: March 11, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com Review She was television's most famous virgin--and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210, Tori Spelling became one of the most recognizable young actresses of her generation, with a not-so-private personal life every bit as fascinating as her character's exploits. Yet years later the name Tori Spelling too often closed--and sometimes slammed--the same doors it had opened. sTORI Telling is Tori's chance to finally tell her side of the tabloid-worthy life she's led, and she talks about it all: her decadent childhood birthday parties, her nose job, her fairy-tale wedding to the wrong man, her so-called feud with her mother. Tori has already revealed her flair for brilliant, self-effacing satire on her VH1 show So NoTORIous and Oxygen's Tori & Dean: Inn Love, but her memoir goes deeper, into the real life behind the rumors: her complicated relationship with her parents; her struggles as an actress after 90210; her accident-prone love life; and, ultimately, her quest to define herself on her own terms. From her over-the-top first wedding to finding new love to her much-publicized--and misunderstood--"disinheritance," sTORI Telling is a juicy, eye-opening, enthralling look at what it really means to be Tori Spelling. Amazon.com Exclusive A Bonus Story and Family Photo from Tori Spelling
The Manor
People are always asking about my parents' mansion, which they called the "Manor," but I don't really spend much time talking about it in sTORI Telling because I didn't grow up there. After demolishing Bing Crosby's former estate in Holmby Hills, a fancy neighborhood in west L.A., they spent six years building the Manor. It's about 46,000 square feet (slightly over an acre) and has 123 rooms. Not that I counted or measured. I got those figures from the press, just like everyone else. Anyway, we moved in when I was seventeen and I only lived there for two years. In some ways the house is like a normal house, but everything is on a bigger scale. It has four floors: the basement (which we call the "Lower Level," probably because that's its designation on the elevator) and the first, second, and third floors. The first floor has a kitchen, a breakfast room, a dining room, an office, a family room, a living room, and a projection room. There's a grand foyer with sweeping staircases on each side. Oh, and there's also a guards' room and the staff dining room. Everyone except fancy guests comes through the service entrance into a hallway with the guards' room and the kitchen. The kitchen is gigantic, and my fondest memory of it is from when I was twenty-one and had just moved back in after splitting up with a boyfriend. I came home drunk with some girlfriends, and we pillaged the two double-sized Sub-Zero refrigerators. There was always bulk food in there for the staff. We pulled out a big vat of chicken salad and a tub of peanut dressing, both of which looked like they'd been made for giants. Somewhere in the middle of our feast we decided to have a food fight, and the five of us started flinging food at each other. Soon we were covered in peanut dressing from head to toe and the pristine kitchen was a mess. Then we heard a ding, the elevator doors opened, and there was my mother. She stared at us in silent disbelief. I said, "We're going to clean it up!" She just said, "Mmm hmm," and left the room. I felt a surge of love for her in that moment. It took us hours to clean the kitchen, but it was worth it. That moment made it feel, for once, like home. --Tori Spelling
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Tori Spelling Reads Her Fabulous #1 New York Times Bestseller She was television's most famous virgin -- and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin of Beverly Hills 90210, Tori Spelling became one of the most recognizable young actresses of her generation, with a not-so-private personal life every bit as fascinating as her character's exploits. Yet years later the name Tori Spelling too often closed -- and sometimes slammed -- the same doors it had opened. sTORI telling is Tori's chance to finally tell her side of the tabloid-worthy life she's led, and she talks about it all: her decadent childhood birthday parties, her nose job, her fairy-tale wedding to the wrong man, her so-called feud with her mother. Tori has already revealed her flair for brilliant, self-effacing satire on her VH1 show So NoTORIous and Oxygen's Tori & Dean: Inn Love, but her memoir goes deeper, into the real life behind the rumors: her complicated relationship with her parents; her struggles as an actress after 90210; her accident-prone love life; and, ultimately, her quest to define herself on her own terms. From her over-the-top first wedding to finding new love to her much-publicized -- and misunderstood -- "disinheritance," sTORI telling is a juicy, eye-opening, enthralling look at what it really means to be Tori Spelling.
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More, More, More About Tori and Dean! July 4, 2009 Norah E. Sempelsz (Palmdale, California) I watch the show so I ordered both of her recent books and read through them quickly. I love her honesty and humor. Tori and Dean are both very lovable people trying their darndest to raise their kids as 'hands on' as possible. Keep the books coming, Tori, I will buy all of them and read every one! I love keeping up on how your family's doing.
Really great book! July 4, 2009 B. Lawson sTori Telling is a page turner. I mean you just can't stop reading it. I'm a big fan of Tori so I knew I: had to read this.
Quite Surprising! July 1, 2009 Dana A. Cumella At first, I resented the "rich girl" complaining but then, I was encouraged to keep reading as the dysfunction in this family became apparent.
Story Telling by Tori Spelling June 30, 2009 Josh Carpenter (Dillard, GA) This is a very interesting look at Tori's life growing up a "rich kid" from HER perspective. It is both comical and at times tear jerking. It is just an honest, down to earth recollection of special times spent with family (especially her father) and also not so special times but memorable just the same. I would recommend this book to anyone that is a fan of Tori's. If you're not a fan, I would recommend reading the book and you may just find that Tori is a much different, more down to earth person than you may think! I give it a definite 5 stars!
Read from cover to cover June 30, 2009 Tori Fan (San Jose, CA) I read this book from cover to cover after I purchased it today. Something I haven't done in over twenty years. Tori Spelling is one amazing woman. You have to give her credit for being honest about her life. She really did not sugar coating anything, including her admitted affair with her current husband, Dean. She could have totally spun it differently, but she simply decided to put it out there and you have to respect the girl for that. I have never been the biggest Tori fan. I admit I watched 90210 when it first came out like most teenagers did back then. I also have watched her in her current reality series on Oxygen. For someone who grew up with such wealth, she does seem strangely down-to-earth. Her book does explain her estranged relationship with her mother, Candy Spelling. I have to admit that it really made me think of my own estranged relationship with my own mother. I guess that's what made this book so real to me. I have something really "huge" in common with Tori Spelling! I look forward to reading her follow-up book Mommywood. She does seem to be embracing motherhood very well. That's the most important job any woman can ever do. Go Tori, go!!!
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